Yves Brayer
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Yves Brayer (18 November 1907 – 29 May 1990) was a French painter known for his paintings of everyday life.
He was born in
Versailles. He studied in Paris at the academies in Montparnasse starting in 1924, and then at the École des Beaux-Arts with Lucien Simon.[1]
Although he was independent and never belonged to a school, he was friends with Francis Gruber, the founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.
He first exhibited in the salons of 1927, and then traveled to
Grand Prix de Rome
in 1930.
He settled back in Paris in 1934, organizing his first solo exhibition. He remained in occupied Paris during World War II.
After the war, he traveled widely to
.In 1954 Brayer was awarded to Grand prix des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, and he was elected to the
Musée Marmottan in Paris, a position he held for 11 years.[1]
Brayer died in Paris in 1990.
Books with Dust Jacket Art by Brayer
- Bottineau, Yves, L'Espagne (Arthaud, 1968)
References
- ^ ISBN 1588393496
External links
- https://www.yvesbrayer.com/en/ Yves Brayer website, in English and French.
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